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Speed Reading
Written by Bonnie James
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Category Archives: Learning
Fake News Precedes Us
Peter Hancock, a psychologist at the University of Central Florida has “alternative artifacts” and in his new book “Hoax Springs Eternal: the psychology of cognitive deception,” he shows why some hoaxes are more successful than others. Continue reading
The Results Are In–Our Summer Speed Reading Students Really Score!
This is a repost from last fall–but very timely now because we are now taking enrollments for another exciting summer of meeting wonderful youth and helping them reach and exceed their scholastic goals. Click here for our current schedule. Continue reading
News you can use: Infographic walks you through 10 questions to detect fake News
From ASCD Smart News via the Seattle Times: News you can use: Infographic walks you through 10 questions to detect fake News: Ten questions for fake news Peter Adams, the senior vice president for educational programs at NLP, said the worksheet … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, decision making, e-Reading, education, high schools, information, reading, reading assignments, schools, speed reading, teaching, writing
Tagged ASCD, Checkology, fake news, internet, news, NLP, poetry, politics, Stanford, The Seattle Times
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The Nation Article on Avoiding Fake News From Bangkok
I read this article when teaching a class in Bangkok for the USAID. I enjoyed reading the English version of the papers in the hotel lobby. This column in the The Nation by Suthichai Yoon started with: Thais got a taste of what “fake” news can do to you recently when Facebook got fooled by its own algorithm. Continue reading
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Tagged Education, internet, journalism, news, politics, reading, research, The Nation, The News Literacy Project, writing
Fake News Confronted by Educators and World Wide Newspapers.
Schools are teaching their students to investigate the news they read Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, education, family, high schools, information, Learning, reading classes, schools, skepticism, speed reading, teachers, writing
Tagged Checkology, internet, journalism, news, News Literacy Project, politics, research, The Columbus Dispatch, The Nation, The Seattle Times
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Addicted To Distraction — Great article in the New York Times about Concentration
I have found that more and more it is harder and harder to concentrate and to get things done. And I teach people how to concentrate better! Most of the people I talk to about reading confess the same problem. The New … Continue reading
Today’s Exhausted Superkids–the Value of Sleep
The following is an opinion piece that appeared in the New York times written by Frank Bruni: Today’s Exhausted Superkids. “There are several passages in the new book “Overloaded and Underprepared” that fill me with sadness for American high school students, the most driven of whom are forever in search of a competitive edge. Some use stimulants like Adderall. Some cheat.
But the part of the book that somehow got to me most was about sleep.”
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